Clayton C Kammerer

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-26689.jpeg UPL 26689 Clayton C. Kammerer, 93rd Bomb Group

Snippet from 93rd Bomb Group unit history - see https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/25119

Object Number - UPL 26689 - Clayton C. Kammerer, 93rd Bomb Group

Assigned to 93BG/330BS, B-24 41-23678 "Big Eagle" as Right Waist Gunner. Killed in Action (KIA) 9 October 1942 on mission to bomb aircraft factories at Lille, France.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.

93rd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

41-23678

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Big Eagle / Bathtub Bessie
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Dunkirk, France 9 October 1942 Killed when aircraft was attacked by German fighter near Dunkirk, France. Aircraft crashed near Lille, France

Born

Ohio

Buried

Netherlands American Cemetery, 6269 NA Migraten, The Netherlands Originally buried in the Southern Cemetery of Lille, France. After the war his remains were re-interred at the Netherlands American Cemetery, Plot M, Row 22, Grave 5

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Capitalized the words "Waist Gunner" in the "Role/job" field.

 

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 16-Nov-2014. Corrected NG association from PURGE; added KIA event.

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 25-Oct-2014. American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC).

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ContributorAAM
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ABMC, Roll of Honor / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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